JACKSONVILLE – The Jaguars have their new defensive leader.
Anthony Campanile, a 19-year coaching veteran who worked with one of the NFL's top defenses in 2024, has been named the Jaguars' new defensive coordinator.
The team announced Campanile's hiring Thursday.
Campanile, 42, spent the 2024 season with the Green Bay Packers as their linebackers coach and defensive run-game coordinator. The Packers ranked seventh in the NFL in '24 in run defense at 99.35 yards per game and third in the NFL at 4.0 yards per attempt allowed.
The Packers, an NFC Wild-Card team with an 11-6 record in 2024, ranked sixth in the NFL in points allowed in '24 (19.9) and fifth in yards allowed (314.5).
Campanile, who played collegiately at Rutgers, will enter his sixth NFL season in 2025. He spent 2020-2023 as the Miami Dolphins' linebackers coach.
Campanile coached eight seasons collegiately: Michigan (linebackers, 2019); Boston College (co-defensive coordinator/defensive backs, 2018; defensive backs, 2016–2017); Rutgers (wide receivers, 2015; tight ends, 2013-2014; defensive assistant, 2012-2013).
A native of Fairlawn, N.J., Campanile coached linebackers at Fairlawn High School in 2006 and was the defensive coordinator at Don Bosco (N.J.) Prep in 2007-2009 and the offensive coordinator at Don Bosco in 2010-2011.
